Movement. Abraham lincoln said of douglass, there is no man in the country whose opinion i value more than yours. And that lincoln second inauguration douglass sat near the president. How came to be on the side of the president is a story told in the color of abolition. Our featured book for todays program. Linda hirshman describes how the team of Douglas William garrison and Maria Weston Chapman successfully promoted the antislavery cause in the 1840s. By the early 1850s, however, douglass joined with those who actively engaged in politics to achieve abolition and rejected the nonpolitical means espoused by garrison and chapman. New york times review. William g. Thomas the third cause the color of abolition. A fresh, provocative and account of the abolition movement. And in the boston globe review, lydia molen declares hirshman the book is a wonderful cataloging of americans white and black, who devoted their lives to ending slavery. Then the hirshman is the author of reckoning the ep
Joining author in conversation is margaret sullivan, columnist at the washington post. In the decades before the civil war, Frederick Douglass emerged as the foremost orator and writer for the abolition movement. Abraham lincoln said of douglass, there is no man in the country whose opinion i value more than yours. And that lincoln second inauguration douglass sat near the president. How came to be on the side of the president is a story told in the color of abolition. Our featured book for todays program. Linda hirshman describes how the team of Douglas William garrison and Maria Weston Chapman successfully promoted the antislavery cause in the 1840s. By the early 1850s, however, douglass joined with those who actively engaged in politics to achieve abolition and rejected the nonpolitical means espoused by garrison and chapman. New york times review. William g. Thomas the third cause the color of abolition. A fresh, provocative and account of the abolition movement. And in the boston
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Be different. Host thank you both for being here. This is the the communicators president obama sends the 2015 budget report in. The president said he wants to reduce defense spending and also wants to spend additional money on roads and bridges and end a number of Corporate Tax breaks. We will have live coverage at 11 30 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Cspan 2 provided key coverage and booktv. The only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Sweeds have been accused of trying to hide the accounts of 22 United States citizens. Carl levin is calling on the Justice Department to hand over the names of those who used the bank at a to alem ledgedly avoid paying taxes. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. The American Public is angry about offshore tax abuse and efforts by americans to evade their Tax Obligations by hiding money offshore. Todays hearing follows up on a meeting this subcommittee held in 2008 when we presented evidence that wellknown banks were deliberate
I am pleased to introduce david cowan. He has written extensively on u. S. Financial history and is the coauthor of financial founding fathers, the man who made america rich. He is the cochair of the International Federation of finance museums and serves on the smithsonian affiliates Advisory Council as well as the Federal Reserve boards centennial Advisory Council. David has been the museums president and ceo since 2009. He has established several new initiatives, including the center for Financial Education and then using finance academy. He has curated or guest curated on over half a dozen exhibits and displays, incurring including our current exhibit. Will explore how one of the treasurys greatest leaders helped fight the war of 1812. I will now turn the program over to david cowan. Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about the war of 1812. We are at the bicentennial of the events. We are going to break it down into three different sections. We are going to break a brea